Writer
Peter Acton
Dr Peter Acton is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and The Australian Institute of Management, and was Managing Partner of the Boston Consulting Group's Melbourne office. He is the Founding President of Humanities21.
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The wisdom of youth in education
At a time when good news is hard to come by, to hear of the substantial increase in the numbers of young people choosing to study the humanities in New South Wales in defiance of the Morrison government’s “Job Ready Graduates” price changes, is cheering on several fronts. Continue reading »
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Government fails to value the humanities, ignoring the realities
The Government’s decision to more than double the cost of most humanities degrees is ignorant, cowardly and even malicious. A government that feels a need to constrain critical thinking must give us great cause for concern. Continue reading »
